(ATR) IOC member Dae-sung Moon has appealed a court ruling that he plagiarized a portion of his doctoral thesis.
Moon, who is also a member of the ruling party in South Korea’s National Assembly, submitted a petition of appeal to the Seoul High Court on Monday, a judge told the Korea Times.
The Seoul Northern District Court ruled in October that Moon "used many parts of other papers without changing a single word and without citing them." He was previously stripped of his doctorate degree in sports psychology in March and immediately filed suit in protest of the decision.
One of Moon’s aides declined comment, saying Moon "does everything about the matter by himself."
According to one resident of his district, a lawsuit could be coming claiming he lied while campaigning for his assembly seat, a violation of the country’s election law.
"So many voters were deceived," said one resident.
"This happened two years ago, but we believe we still can hold him accountable for it because the Kookmin [University]’s confirmation came out recently."
Moon, who won gold in taekwondo at the 2004 Athens Olympics, will hang on to his positions as IOC member and lawmaker for the time being. Neither term expires until 2016.
Written by Nick Devlin
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